Electric lantern



Aug. 5, 1924. 1,503,873

C. H. BISSELL ELECTRIC LANTERN Filed Jan. 9s 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I N VEN TOR.

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Aug. 5 1924. 1,503,873

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Patented Aug. 5, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFKQE.

oAnL H. nrsSEL or SYRACUSE, new YORK, ASSIGNOR ro endo se-nines COMPANY.

or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION or n'nwronn.

ELECTRIC LANTERN.

Application filed'January 9, 1923. SeriaLNo. 611,581.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL H. BISSELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Electric Lantern, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the production of a portable electric lantern, which is particularly simple in construction, economical in manufacture, andhighly efficient and durable in use, and by which the lantern can be readily connected in a feed circuit and readily connected, if desired, in multiple or in series with several other lanterns. The invention consists in the novel features, and in thecombinations and and on opposite sides of its lower-portion, a.

transverse support within the body above the upper ends of such openings, a lamp socket carried on the lower side of 'such support in position to carry a lamp in line with such openings, means as plug receptacles in the body above the support by which temporary electric connection is made to a feed circuit and also by which temporary electric connection is made from the feed circuit to another lantern or lamp, the wall of the body having plug receiving passages aligned with such plug receptacles, the body also having guards for the light projecting openings, and a detachable guard at its lower edge, such guard preventing removal of the lamp from the socket.

The lower edge of the body is horizontal so that the lantern will stand on a horizontal surface, and the detachable guard is arranged above the lower edge so as to permit the lantern to stand on its bottom edge. The body is also provided with a bail or hook by which it can be hung up.

1 is the body which is preferably cylindrical in general form having a top wall 2 and plan view thereof.

being open at its lower end. 3 are light projecting openings in diametrically opposite sides of its lower portion, the body being provided with upright radially extending reflecting flanges i at the outer sides of such openings, and 5 is the upright guard or bar between the openings on each side. The flanges & are preferably struck from the body and when bent outwardly form the openings The guards are upright bars 5 secured at their ends as by welding to the body at the margins bounding the upper and lower edges of the openings 3. These bars are so spaced relatively to the outer sides of the openings 3 as to prevent unscrewing and removal of the lamp from the socket.

6 is the transverse support, it being preferably a horizontal partition in the body located above the upper ends of the openings 3.

7 is the lamp socket depending centrally from the lower side of the partition.

8 designates a plurality of electric connectors or plugs, or plug receptacles, there being preferably three, two of which are located diametrically opposite each other, and the other midway between said two. The terminals of these plugs or receptacles are electrically connected to the terminals of the lamp socket and to the terminals of each other in any well known manner, so that the lamp socket can be connected in the feed circuit and also if desired, other lanterns and lamps can be connected in multiple with the lantern in the feed circuit. These plug receptacles are supported on the partition 6. v

9 are plug receiving passages in the wall of the body in line with the receptacles 8.-

10 is the removable guard across the lower end of the body and above its bottom edge, this guard being here shown as a U-shaped member or bolt passing through holes in the lower margin of the body and having a tongue 11 also passing through a slot in the body and formed with an eye 12 for receiving the shackle of a padlock or other locking means. 13 is the bail or hook by means of which the lantern can be hung up.

This lantern in addition to being simple and economical in construction, is particularly adapted for use in box cars, and in use is hung up between the doors with its openings 3 toward the end of the car so that the light projected downwardly through the open bottom lights the middle of the car and that projected through the openings 3 lights the ends of the car.

Also a line may be led from one of the plug receptacles 8 to a lantern or lamp in a car on a parallel track, and further a line may be led from another plug receptacleS to a lamp within the car to illuminate the desk of a clerk checking the loading or un loadingof the cargo.

What I claim is:

1. A lantern comprising a bod open at its lower end and having a closed top and openings in diametrically opposite sides thereof, the body also having a horizontal partition above the upper ends of said openings, a lamp socket mounted on the lower side of the partition in position to carry a lamp in line with said openings, plug receptacles mounted in the box above the partition and the walls of the body being formed with passages in line with the plugs, substantially as and for the purpose de scribed.

2. A lantern comprising a. body open at its lower end and having a closed top and openings in diametrically opposite sides thereof, the body also having a horizontal partition above the upper ends of said openings, a lamp socket mounted on the lower side of the partition in position to carry a lamp in line with said openings, plug receptacles mounted in the box above the partition and the walls of the body being formed with passages on diametrically pposite sides thereof in line with diametrically opposite plugs, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

8. A lantern comprising a body open at its lower end and having a closed top and openings in diametrically opposite sides thereof, the body also havinga horizontal partition above the upper ends of said openings, a lamp socket mounted on the lower side of the partition in position to carry a lamp in line with said openings, and plug receptacles mounted in the box above the partition and arranged to face radially in a plurality of directions, and the body being formed with plug receiving passages alined with said plug receptacles, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A lantern comprising a body open at its lower end and having a closed top and opening in diametrically opposite sides thereof, the body also having a horizontal partition above the upper ends of said openings, alamp socket mounted on he lower side of the partition in position to carry a lamp in line with said openings, a plug receptacle mounted in the box above the partition, the wallof the box above the partition being formed with a plug receiving passage alined with said plug receptacle, the body being provided with substantially radial outwardly flanges at the outersides of said openings, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. A lantern comprising a body open at its lower, end and havin l aclosed top and opening in diametrical y opposite sides thereof, the body alsohaving a horizontal partition above the upper ends of said openings, a lamp socket mounted onthe lower side of the partition vin position to carry alamp in line with said openings, a plug receptacle mounted in the box above thepartition, the wall of the box above the partition being formed with a plug receiving passage alined with said plug receptacle, the body being provided with substantially radial outwardly extending-flanges at the outer sides of said openings, and with an upright guard betweenthe openings on each sideutor preventing removal of the lamp from the body, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. A lantern comprising a body open'at its lower end and having a closed top and an opening in the side of the body, a lamp socket mounted in the upper portion of the body above such opening in position to carry a lamp in line with the opening, the body being also provided with substantially radially and outwardly extending flanges at the sides of said opening-and a detachable guard at the lower end of the body below the lamp substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and State of New York, this 9th day of December, 1922.

CARL H. BIssELL extending 

